S13 Ep101: Stage 1 | Vannes - Plumelec | Tour de France Femmes 2025
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
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🗓️ 26 July 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Follow along as they cover the race from the Grand Départ in Brittany to its conclusion in the Alps. There will be interviews, insight, features and Denny’s inevitable daily pilgrimage for cheese.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the cycling podcast at the 2025 Tour de France Fam in association with Wahoo. |
| 0:10.8 | Wahoo supply or sponsor more than half of the teams in the Tour de France Fam, |
| 0:14.6 | and riders from Lidltrecht, UAE Team Emirates, XRG, EF Education, Oatley and others |
| 0:20.6 | used for Element Bolt 3 cycle |
| 0:22.6 | computer and tracker heart rate monitor. Whether you're chasing a personal best on the bike |
| 0:27.1 | or just enjoying a weekend ride, Wahoo have got a bike computer for you. The new Element Bolt |
| 0:32.7 | has a crisp, easy-to-read display with smart navigation, and it just works. No works no fiddling no fuss and it's light |
| 0:39.0 | and aero so whether you're racing training or chasing your next personal record choose the element bolt |
| 0:44.8 | alternatively there's also the rome three and the ace depending on what kind of rider you are |
| 0:50.1 | simple to use packed with features just grab it and ride to find find out more, go to WahooFitness.com. |
| 0:57.2 | Now it's over to Rose and Denny in Brittany. |
| 1:02.7 | This is the cycling podcast Feminine at the 2025 Tour de France FAM |
| 1:07.1 | with Rose Manley and Denny Gray, brought to you in association with Wahoo. |
| 1:12.6 | Today we're in Plume Lake. |
| 1:29.3 | Today, say it like you're really excited. Oh, de Kimmermat. |
| 1:32.3 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:34.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:35.3 | Well, listeners, welcome to Brittany. |
| 1:38.3 | Apparently that is how it said in the Breton language. |
| 1:41.3 | Anyway, according to staff member, Archaia B&B, Laura, who kindly recorded that for us. |
| 1:50.7 | We are actually at the Tour de France Faire. We're at the Grande Pard in Brittany, of course. |
| 1:56.3 | And I am joined, as always, by Denny Gray of the British Continental, who you worked very hard to get that bit of audio this morning, Denny, didn't you? |
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